Earn the BSN you need to stay competitive in a changing workplace.

The University of Wisconsin Flexible Option offers a smart new way for registered nurses (licensed in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, or Indiana) or nurses with an associate degree to earn a BSN from a respected public university.

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With the flexible, online RN to BSN program from UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing, you:

Don’t have to attend class.
Instead, you make progress by passing assessments (presentations, papers, and hands-on projects) that show you have mastered skills necessary to the field. It's all online, so you can study and test whenever it's convenient for you.

Work at your pace.
Take assessments whenever you are ready: before work, over lunch, after the kids’ bedtime. As soon as you pass an assessment, you can move on to the next.

Start when you want, at the beginning of any month.
You’re never tied to a set semester schedule. Sign up for a subscription period when it fits your schedule.

Receive personalized support.
Every student is paired with an Academic Success Coach for personalized mentoring and advising. Your coach works with you to create a learning plan and timeline tailored to fit your knowledge, needs, and schedule.

Leverage existing knowledge.
In the Flexible Option, you can pass assessments using knowledge you already have, no matter where you learned it. Our competency-based model means you study only the material you need to master.

Graduate with skills employers value.
Assessments of critical competencies prove your mastery of the skills that are most sought after by employers.

"I feel very lucky that [the RN to BSN program] was an option for someone like me, who has neither the desire nor the time to go back to the classroom. It’s a great program, and I recommended it to one of my coworkers—a nurse I work with in the ER—and now, he is in the program."

— Lori Kenyon, ER nurse and 2015 Flexible Option RN to BSN graduate

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools. In addition, the RN to BSN Completion program is accredited by Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.